Posted 09 July, 2026
Programme Manager
United Kingdom
Full Time
Programme Manager
Position Description
At CGI, you'll play a pivotal role in leading complex transformation programmes that deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and drive lasting business value. As a Programme Manager, you'll oversee a portfolio of strategic initiatives, shaping delivery from inception to completion while influencing senior stakeholders and navigating complex commercial environments. Working alongside talented colleagues in a collaborative and supportive culture, you'll have the opportunity to take ownership, inspire innovation, and help deliver solutions that make a real difference for our clients and the industries they serve.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK 'Best Employer' by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We'll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.
Your future duties and responsibilities
In this role, you will lead the successful delivery of a portfolio of transformation programmes for established clients, ensuring projects achieve their strategic objectives, deliver measurable business value, and meet agreed timescales and budgets. You'll provide governance across complex programmes, balancing competing priorities while working closely with senior client stakeholders, delivery teams, and partners to ensure successful outcomes.
You'll take ownership of programme performance throughout the full lifecycle, proactively managing risks, budgets, commercial considerations, and stakeholder expectations. Working within a collaborative environment, you'll help shape delivery strategies, respond confidently to changing priorities, and foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement across multidisciplinary teams.
Key responsibilities:
• Lead & Deliver complex transformation programmes from initiation through to successful completion.
• Own & Govern programme delivery, ensuring objectives, budgets, timelines, and business outcomes are achieved.
• Plan & Prioritise competing initiatives across a diverse programme portfolio.
• Manage & Mitigate programme risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Collaborate & Influence senior client stakeholders, partners, suppliers, and internal teams.
• Monitor & Report programme performance, financials, governance, and delivery progress.
• Drive Commercial Success by managing budgets and supporting commercial decision-making.
• Negotiate & Build Relationships with clients, suppliers, and delivery partners to achieve successful outcomes.
• Champion Continuous Improvement by embedding effective governance, risk management, and delivery best practice.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
To succeed in this role, you'll be an experienced Programme Manager with a strong track record of delivering complex transformation programmes within challenging commercial environments. You'll be confident engaging with senior stakeholders, managing programme governance, and balancing strategic priorities while maintaining a focus on business outcomes. Strong leadership, commercial awareness, and excellent communication skills are essential.
Essential qualifications and experience:
• Extensive experience delivering large-scale transformation or change programmes.
• Proven programme leadership across complex, multi-workstream environments.
• Strong financial management and budget ownership experience.
• Demonstrable experience managing programme governance, risk, and assurance.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement at executive level.
• Experience working with clients, third-party suppliers, and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to manage contractual and business priorities.
• Excellent planning, reporting, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and adapt to changing business priorities.
#LI-LS1
Together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action.
Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because...
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction.
Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.
You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.
Come join our team-one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
Position Description
At CGI, you'll play a pivotal role in leading complex transformation programmes that deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and drive lasting business value. As a Programme Manager, you'll oversee a portfolio of strategic initiatives, shaping delivery from inception to completion while influencing senior stakeholders and navigating complex commercial environments. Working alongside talented colleagues in a collaborative and supportive culture, you'll have the opportunity to take ownership, inspire innovation, and help deliver solutions that make a real difference for our clients and the industries they serve.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK 'Best Employer' by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We'll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.
Your future duties and responsibilities
In this role, you will lead the successful delivery of a portfolio of transformation programmes for established clients, ensuring projects achieve their strategic objectives, deliver measurable business value, and meet agreed timescales and budgets. You'll provide governance across complex programmes, balancing competing priorities while working closely with senior client stakeholders, delivery teams, and partners to ensure successful outcomes.
You'll take ownership of programme performance throughout the full lifecycle, proactively managing risks, budgets, commercial considerations, and stakeholder expectations. Working within a collaborative environment, you'll help shape delivery strategies, respond confidently to changing priorities, and foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement across multidisciplinary teams.
Key responsibilities:
• Lead & Deliver complex transformation programmes from initiation through to successful completion.
• Own & Govern programme delivery, ensuring objectives, budgets, timelines, and business outcomes are achieved.
• Plan & Prioritise competing initiatives across a diverse programme portfolio.
• Manage & Mitigate programme risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Collaborate & Influence senior client stakeholders, partners, suppliers, and internal teams.
• Monitor & Report programme performance, financials, governance, and delivery progress.
• Drive Commercial Success by managing budgets and supporting commercial decision-making.
• Negotiate & Build Relationships with clients, suppliers, and delivery partners to achieve successful outcomes.
• Champion Continuous Improvement by embedding effective governance, risk management, and delivery best practice.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
To succeed in this role, you'll be an experienced Programme Manager with a strong track record of delivering complex transformation programmes within challenging commercial environments. You'll be confident engaging with senior stakeholders, managing programme governance, and balancing strategic priorities while maintaining a focus on business outcomes. Strong leadership, commercial awareness, and excellent communication skills are essential.
Essential qualifications and experience:
• Extensive experience delivering large-scale transformation or change programmes.
• Proven programme leadership across complex, multi-workstream environments.
• Strong financial management and budget ownership experience.
• Demonstrable experience managing programme governance, risk, and assurance.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement at executive level.
• Experience working with clients, third-party suppliers, and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to manage contractual and business priorities.
• Excellent planning, reporting, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and adapt to changing business priorities.
#LI-LS1
Together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action.
Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because...
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction.
Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.
You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.
Come join our team-one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
